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Asia-Pacific nations vow action to stop people smuggling
Asia-Pacific nations agreed Tuesday to push for “more effective law enforcement” to stop people smuggling, Australia said as it seeks to stem the flow of asylum [...]
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China expresses regret at N Korea restarting nuclear plant
China’s Foreign Ministry expressed regret on Tuesday that North Korea will restart all nuclear facilities, including its shuttered Yongbyon nuclear reactor. Foreign [...]
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Taiwan raises minimum wage by 1.42pct
Taiwan’s Premier Jiang Yi-hua on Tuesday approved a controversial 1.42 percent increase in the island’s monthly minimum wage because of an improving economy. The [...]
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Rescuers find 59 bodies after Tibet landslide – Xinhua
Rescue teams have found 59 dead bodies at the site a massive landslide in Tibet and two dozen more workers are still feared buried in the rubble, Chinese state media said on [...]
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N Korea crisis could spiral out of control: Ban
UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned Tuesday that the Korean peninsula crisis could spiral out of control, after North Korea announced it would restart a nuclear reactor to feed its [...]
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New strain of bird flu infects four others in China – report
China reported four new cases on Tuesday of a strain of bird flu that was previously unknown in humans but has already killed two people, raising the total of known cases to [...]
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Burma Muslim school blaze kills 13 teens
A fire blamed on an electrical fault killed 13 teenage boys at a Muslim school in Myanmar’s main city Tuesday, police and witnesses said, raising fears of a further [...]
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Trial of Vietnam fish farmer turned folk hero begins
A Vietnamese farmer who became a folk hero after using homemade weapons to resist eviction went on trial Tuesday as scores of people defied police to voice support for the [...]
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Taiwan, China agree to further bank investments
Taiwan and China on Monday agreed to further ease investment caps in each other’s financial institutions, in the latest sign of warming ties between the two former [...]
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Malaysia elections: Anwar springs surprise on Indera Mahkota MP
PKR’s Indera Mahkota MP Azan Ismail has admitted to being surprised by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s announcement that he is being dropped from the line-up of [...]
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Taiwan president’s confidante disciplined by party
Taiwan’s ruling Kuomintang party on Monday suspended the membership of Lai Su-ju, a confidante of the island’s president, for her alleged involvement in a [...]
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Korea leader vows to strike back at North
South Korea’s new president on Monday promised a strong military response to any North Korean provocation after Pyongyang announced that the two countries were now in a [...]
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N Korea appoints reform-minded premier
North Korea appointed a new prime minister Monday, choosing a former premier who was sacked from the post in 2007 in a reported backlash against his pursuit of economic [...]
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Asia manufacturing picks up in March, data shows
Manufacturing activity across Asia expanded in April, widely watched barometers showed Monday, suggesting that the region’s export-dependent economies were continuing [...]
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N Korea left few clues about tested nuke design: report
North Korea likely took meticulous steps to conceal any residue from its February nuclear weapon test, fuelling suspicions that it is using a new bomb design with highly [...]
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